Kirtland, Ohio

This morning we drove from Palmyra, New York to Kirtland, Ohio.  We stopped and toured the Whitney Store where Joseph Smith and family lived upstairs for some months and where the School of the Prophets was located.

We were able to tour the Kirtland Temple as well.  The Temple is much larger than I envisioned it and it has three floors.

We ate at Subway in Kirtland and then headed west.  Tonight we are at the Holiday Inn Express in Holiday City.

Today in Palmyra

This morning we attended a session at the Temple.

 The Temple is Hidden by Trees from Most Directions

View from the Temple

We returned to the hotel and a half hour later our friends the Okesons arrived at the hotel and we spent the day sight seeing.

 A Replica of the Smith Family's Original Home

(built on the original foundation)

 Trees in the Sacred Grove

We had walked to the Smith Family Farm and the Sacred Grove and on our way back to the hotel we walked down Temple Street.

We drove downtown and toured the Grandin Print Shop.

From the Print Shop Bob and Jim walked down to the Erie Canal.  Jeannie and I walked through the LDS Bookstore.

Our next stop was the Hill Cumorah
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By the time we finished at the Hill Cumorah it was supper time so we went to the Yellow Mill Diner for supper and then came back to the hotel for a game of cards. 

We Made it to Palmyra

This morning at 9:00 a.m. we left Augusta, Maine and drove to the New Hampshire border and cut across the corner of the state into Massachusetts.  After crossing Massachusetts we drove across New York to Palmyra arriving by 6:00 p.m.  We spent over $20 in tolls to travel on these highways.

The leaves were not as spectacular as those in New Brunswick, but they were some pretty (spoken like a true maritimer although I think in Nova Scotia some pretty means extremely pretty while I just mean somewhat pretty or quite pretty or something like that).

As we drove through New York state we were fairly close to the place where my Shewfelt ancestors settled in the early 1700s when they came from Germany.  The county was covered with rolling hills and looked like a nice place to live so I was wondering why some of them left.  I decided it was either because the land wasn't good enough to farm or because there was no land for the younger children and they had to go off into the wilderness to find land.

Augusta, Maine

This morning we had breakfast with the Robinsons. Bob had suggested we leave at 7:30 a.m., and I countered with 9:00 a.m.  We didn't get on the road until 9:45.  After driving past Nathan and Tara's former house, we crossed Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and into Maine.  It was rather sad to leave.

The leaves throughout New Brunswick were very beautiful - brilliant orange, yellows and various reds with evergreens for contrast.  All we saw were trees.

We arrived in Augusta before 6:00 p.m. and just as we were getting set to bring our overnight things into the hotel, it began to rain rather hard.  We had supper at a Mexican restaurant.

Farewell Nova Scotia

Tomorrow will be our last day at the Halifax Temple.  We will pack up the car, finish cleaning the house, do our temple shift and stay at the Robinson's overnight and leave on Saturday morning.

"I think I'll go out to Alberta,  weathers good there in the fall".

We said many good-byes over the past week.  The two counselors in the Temple Presidency and their wives will not be back to the temple this week so we said good-bye to them Saturday. The Temple presidency gave us a framed picture of the Halifax Temple.

Sunday was our last day in the Dartmouth Ward.

Monday was our last night with the Family Home Evening group.  They also gave us gifts - a framed picture of Peggy's Cove, pillow cases trimmed with Nova Scotia Tartan, etc.  Bob took a few pictures of the members of the group.

The couple who is replacing us arrived on Friday night.  They are from Hawaii, so I hope they enjoy the Nova Scotia winter.   We were at the Robinsons for supper last night along with the two temple missionary couples.

This morning there was an extra session at the Temple for a group that arrived on a cruise ship.  They were all from Utah.  We won't be around for the big groups that are coming on cruise ships the next two Tuesdays.

One last picture of a Dartmouth Electrical box!

So we are bound for moving on!

Autumn

Another week has gone by and it is starting to look like fall. 

Last Sunday evening we were at the mission home for supper. 

Monday we went off to Pictou for one more time and did some research in the Pictou Archives.  We took a couple along with us so she could visit her mother.  We got back just in time to go to family home evening.

On Tuesday we had a couple over for supper and to view our China pictures.

By Wednesday I had a cold so I stayed home from the temple.  I hadn't slept well all night until 6:00 in the morning and then I slept well for a few hours.

Thursday, Friday and today we were at the Temple as usual.  This was our last Saturday at the temple so we had quite a few people to say good-bye to. This afternoon the rain started again.

We are no longer alone.  The daughter of the people who are moving into the house when we leave has been staying here this month.

Pictures from the back Deck

Foghorn

We have been having a lot of rain and fog for the past week.  However it is still quite warm.

When we first arrived here we bought a $25 printer which we thought would last while we were here.  We spent hundreds of dollars for the cartridges for it and then when we still had cartridges that were three quarters full, the darn printer gave up.  We now have a new printer that is much nicer (and takes different cartridges) but now we have to find space in our car to take it home.

We have been back from Cape Breton for two weeks now and have had mostly average weeks.  We attended a family home evening group both Mondays.  Bob went to District meeting Tuesday and we have been to the Temple four days each week.

Last Saturday there was a Woman's Conference at the Church.  I expected to miss it because it was while we were at the Temple.  However, people were very scarce at the Temple so they sent the ladies over to the conference for the last two hours.  There was a class knitting squares for Blankets for Canada right at the door when I walked in, so I sat down and knit for the whole time.

This past Thursday we attended a zone conference (our last Zone Conference) with all the missionaries in Nova Scotia.  One of the members of the first quorum of the Seventy was here for it.  He also came to the Temple for Friday and Saturday and did a Temple review.

Friday we did a last visit to Halifax and had lunch with my third cousin once removed, Betty Murray.  We had a great visit.  She reminds we a lot of some of my Murray aunts.